‘National High School Cheerleading Championship’ exclusive on ESPN

July 30th, 2009 Disney 3Q profit falls 26 pct, tough world economyLOS ANGELES — The Walt Disney Co. said Thursday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 26 percent as slower DVD sales pushed its movie studio into the red while the weakening market for TV ads stabilized.

July 22nd, 2009 EU: Car makers can keep exclusive dealershipsBRUSSELS — EU regulators said Wednesday that car makers could keep exclusive dealerships that tie car sellers and repair shops to one brand until May 2013. They are proposing to extend an exemption to antitrust rules for deals between producers and sellers for three more years after they are set to expire on May 31, 2010.

July 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The defence ministry has agreed to vacate spectrum for commercial use, Minister of State for Communications and IT Gurudas Kamat said Friday. According to an accord reached between the defence and the telecommunications ministries, the latter will set up an exclusive optical fibre cable (OFC) network for the armed forces.

June 17th, 2009 Judge: Exclusive club co-founder has to liquidateBUTTE, Mont. — A bankruptcy judge has rejected Edra Blixseth's bid to reorganize her finances, pushing the co-founder of the ultra-exclusive Yellowstone Club into a forced sale of her many houses, cars and other properties.

May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In the recent years emphasis on river rafting has gained prominence in India and the Army rafting team, which has been dominating the national scene for the past six years, has been invited by International Rafting Federation to represent the country in R6 World Cup 2009, being held in Serbia on May 30-31. Army rafting team comprising of seven members led by Captain Sachin Nikam will represent India in this prestigious event.

May 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The global broadcast and production partner of the International Cricket Council, ESPN STAR Sports, has announced that the high profile Twenty20 World Cup cricket to be held in June will be telecast in 216 countries. This was disclosed by R C Venkatesh, Managing Director ESPN Software India Private Limited at a press conference in the national capital, New Delhi on Tuesday.

May 9th, 2009 Matt Millen joins ESPN as football analystBRISTOL, Conn. — Matt Millen is a lot more popular as a broadcaster than he was as an NFL executive.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese school is offering a rather unusual advice to its students, "Adjust your body rhythm as soon as possible to completely rule out needing toilet breaks during class." Sanmenxia No.1 High School has put the red banner emblazoned with the bizarre advice across the campus toilets. According to the Chongqing Times, banner that appeared on a Baidu.com forum was photographed by a Xi'an university sophmore, user name "Wrffrw", at his Henan Province alma mater on April 5.

April 30th, 2009 COIMBATORE - BMW India announced the opening of Kun Exclusive, Coimbatore a satellite facility of Kun Exclusive, Chennai, Dealership Partner for BMW India in Tamil Nadu. The new sales and service outlet brings to Coimbatore world-renowned BMW standards of sales and service and the same international experience as any BMW sales and service centre worldwide.

April 26th, 2009 Steelers work out new deal with receiver WardPITTSBURGH — Wide receiver Hines Ward apparently will get his wish to finish his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Ward, about to enter the final season of his contract, agreed Saturday to a contract extension that will pay him a lower salary than the $5.8 million he was to make this season but will make up the money in a signing bonus.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's campaign in Asian Badminton Championship ended Friday with Parupalli Kashyap losing to China's Bao Chunlai in the men's singles quarterfinal in Suwon, Korea. Kashyap gave a tough resistance to the fourth seeded Chinese, but went down 21-15, 9-21, 16-21 in 47 minutes.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - After promoting hockey through his hit film 'Chak De! India' and joining the Indian Premier League (IPL) to encourage cricket in India, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan is now popularising cheerleading as a sport. The actor says he is doing so through his TV reality show 'Knights and Angels' - that aims to find six cheerleaders who will cheer for Shah Rukh's Kolkata Knight Riders team at the IPL starting April 18.

February 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Indian boxer Manjeet Singh has been suspended for two years after failing a dope test and his team mate Baljeet Singh's sample 'A' has also tested positive for a banned steroid, the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF) said Saturday. IBF has suspended Manjeet, a middle-weight boxer, with immediate effect.

January 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Delhi High Court Wednesday warned broadcaster ESPN that it would face criminal proceedings if it failed to comply with Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's (TRAI) directions on tariffs charged from direct to home (DTH) operators for its channels. Justice S. Muralidhar granted the sports broadcaster two days to file its amended reference interconnect offer (RIO) before regulator TRAI and posted the matter for further hearing Friday.

December 23rd, 2008 NEW DELHI - Defender Gaurav Rawat will lead a 20-member Delhi team for the 45th Junior National Football Championship for the Dr. B.C. Roy Trophy in Bhilai.